Hierarchical permission system

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The original idea about a hierarchical permission system comes from Larry Garfield (Crell). The project was kicked off as a Google Summer of Code project in 2011 with the mentorship of Károly Négyesi (chx)

The concept makes the permissions accurately regulable, and provides a new way for the modules to define their permissions as structured lists. The result will be a more predictable, solid rights management system. Also, one of the most important part of the project is to redesign the permission admin interface.

Currently the following two issues are waiting for your feedback:

Check out the the sandbox project. Plans and wireframes for the new user interface are coming.

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